It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. The Space Race and the urgency to outstrip the Soviets on the way to the moon led to an enormous proliferation of scientific advance. And I don’t just mean Tang. Really significant stuff. But it took the crisis to make those advances necessary. Think of […]
New Adult Sunday School Class Starting September 20th
September 4, 2015 By
Ray Vander Laan, teacher and historian, brings together history, culture, and geography to illuminate the Gospels so that we can better understand the world in which Jesus lived. We will contrast 2 kings – Jesus & Herod the Great and learn about a fortress in Masada and who the Essenes were. Did they write the […]
Questions of Canon – Who Gets to Decide What’s in the Bible? The Old Testament
September 3, 2015 By
No one likes to be bored. We like exciting stories, which involves some level of conflict. Imagine a movie with no conflict. Everyone gets along. Everyone agrees. All sing Kumbaya together. Good for them, but boring cinema. Someone like Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code can make the formation of the canon seem like […]
Financial Peace University
September 1, 2015 By
This life-changing class taught by Dave Ramsey and the FPU teaching team on video and coordinated by Denis Craig at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church in Aliquippa, PA will help you achieve your financial goals by showing you how to eliminate debt, save for the future, and give like never before. You will be challenged and […]
Questions of Canon – Who Gets to Decide What’s in the Bible? Criteria for Recognition
August 6, 2015 By
I once won a wrestling match 0-0. How can you win a match when no one scores any points? In this case, because we were tied at the end of an overtime period, the referee was forced to consult the criteria for a tie break. The first five criteria didn’t apply, so he was forced […]
